Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1908 — FACES HER EX-LOVER [ARTICLE]

FACES HER EX-LOVER

Miss McClintock Tells a Story That Is Rough on Hens* ley's Prospects. -"T* ’ ' ' ' BOW HE THREATENED HER LIFE Snapped 11 Ih Pistol in Her Face, to Force Her to Wed Him— Hoosier State News. Noblesville, Ind., March s.—Gowned in a becoming suit of blue, with hat to match and gloves to correspond. Miss Mary McClintock, once the sweetheart of James W. Hensley, of Indianapolis, on trial in this city for the murder of Walker McClintock, her father, and Enoch McClintock, her brother, went on tire witness stand. Miss McClintock said she had known the defendant for two years, and had kept company with him at Intervals during that time. The last time Hensley was at her father’s home prior to the day of the tragedy, was in July, 1906. Walker McClintock, her father, ordered him away then and told him never to return. She accompanied the defendant to Indianapolis that day. Gives Her Fifteen Minutes. Continuing her story down to tht day of the tragedy, Miss McClintock said: “The day that Hensley murdered my father and brother was the first time hehad been at our house for more than a year. He came into my room, —where. I was-sick In bed, and told me he would give, me just fifteeen minutes to make up my mind whether or not I would marry him. He had bls eyes fixed on the clock and when the time was up he asked for my answer. Then Tries to Kill Her. “I told him I would not marry him under any circumstances. He ther drew his revolver and snapped it In my face several times. I screamed for help and my mother and sister Cora and brother Enoch came to my assistance. The remainder of Miss McClintock’s evidence corroborated* that ot her mother who had testified that “Hensley came to our house over my protest and entered the room where Mary lay sick. ♦ • ♦ Mary told m Hensley had snapped a revolver in her face and threatened to kill her.” Not Satisfied with Two Murders. Then Mrs. McClintock told of th< fight between tlie men, and the murder of herhusband and son ns told in these dispatches previously. After the shoot Ing Mrs. McClintock said the defend .ant made an effect to get Into tin Tooths where she and the daughters trad locked themselves for protection. She represented Hensley as saying: “I have fixed two of them and the rest of you may as well get ready to go.” HE THREATENED REVENGE i6et a School Building on Fire Because ’ r the Teacher Had Punished U Him. Muncie, Ind., March s.—After committing a misdemeanor for which his teacher, Miss Lillie Tuttle, sent him to the basement of the school building for punishment, and after threatening to be revenged ou her for his confinement, Karl McCoy, seven years old who is an inmate of the children’s home, fired a bunch of paper In the basement, of the Forest Park schoolhouse, and caused a panic which threatened 125 children with serious injury. >- The fire was discovered by another teacher, Miss Margaret La thorn, who spread the alarm. The pupils filed out of the schoolhouse pellmell, but none was severely hurt. Persons living nearby were called and with hard work the flames were extinguished with small loss. Mob Is Always with Us. Rushville, Ind.. March 5. Henry Gruffs, colored, has been arrested her« charged with murdering Charles Cole man. also colored, whose body wa> found with the head almost seveiet by blows from a hatchet. A mol gathered around the jail and Sherifi King announced that he would shoot the first man who attempted to enter Gruffs was later removed from here for safety. Looks Like an Early Spring. Delphi, lud., March 5. A cherry tree on the premises of Mr. and Mrs Thomas Smith, of this city, has beet In bloom since Saturday. A smal branch broken off exhibited eighteei blooms. Meanwhile farmers are re porting redbirdsand crows In evidence and oldtimers agree that these an sure signs of an early spring. Jury Cut His Claim Deep. ' Bedford, Ind., March 5. Lawrence circuit court J. S. Breed love obtained a verdict of S6OO against the United States Cement company for personal Injuries alleged to have been received while working for the com peny. He brought suit for $40,000. Hard to Get a Brunaugh Jury. Indianapolis, March. 5 —The special venire of seventy-five men drawn by the jury commissioners in the Bru naugfa case was exhausted and Judge Pritchard ordered a new special venire of twenty names to be drawn.